World’s largest telephoto lens

Zeiss announced that they have created the world’s largest telephoto lens, a 1700mm f/4 weighing in at 256 kg (564 pounds). It was developed for long-distance wildlife photography. No kidding—you wouldn’t even have to leave your apartment. No word on how much this custom-made lens cost. But if you have to ask…

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now, i don’t know, but it seems to me that it would be IMPOSSIBLE to get blur free photos, because even just the 2720mm w/o an extender would result in even the super-smallest shakes and vibrations from say, THE WIND, causing blur.

second: what are you shooting that you need to be this far away? of course with the lens you must be or any living creature in its right mind would run away from this insanely large lens that weighs more than two or three average men.

This lens is designed for a 6×6 format camera — not a 35mm format camera — so it’s really not all that long of a lens. Basically it works out to being around a 1020mm lens if it were a 35mm lens — still it’s quite impressive.